Rice and R. H. Compton. Bolus was also considered a pioneer of the nature study classes at the Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden. In 1966, she became vice president of the African Succulent Plant Society. Bolus studied the flora of the area around the Cape of Good Hope, especially Ericaceae and Orchidaceae. She frequently published in botanical journals in addition to popular gardening articles and books, notably A Book of South African Flora. She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa in 1920 and received an honorary doctorate from Stellenbosch University. The genus Bolusanthus and the species Geissorhiza louisabolusiae are named in her honour. Personal life In 1912 Louisa Kensit married Harry Bolus's son (and her father's cousin) Frank Bolus. She was widowed when Frank Bolus died in 1945. Louisa Bolus died at her home in Claremont, Cape Town in 1970 at the age of 93. Works See also :Category:Taxa named by Louisa Bolus Timeline of women in science Notes and references Further reading 1877 births 1970 deaths 20th-century South African women scientists Fellows of the Linnean Society of London Fellows of the Royal Society of South Africa People from Burgersdorp 20th-century South African botanists South African women botanists University of South Africa alumni South African taxonomists South African curators